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In violation of Barack Obama's promise to run an open and transparent transition to the next administration, an associate of convicted document thief Sandy Berger has been secretly meeting with far-left groups under the auspices of the Obama-Biden Transition Project to develop a range of pro-U.N. policies. These include placing "more [U.N.] blue helmets on U.S. troops" and forcing the U.S. to join the U.N.'s International Criminal Court (ICC).

The ICC is an international entity that could prosecute American citizens and soldiers for "war crimes" and other offenses, in violation of U.S. Constitutional protections.

The ICC treaty was signed by President Clinton, who expressed concern about some of its provisions, but under President Bush it was "unsigned" by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton in what he called his "happiest moment" at the State Department.

In response to the possibility of the ICC prosecuting American soldiers, the Congress in 2002 passed the American Service members Protection Act, in order to protect U.S. soldiers from the jurisdiction of the court.

While Obama comes across in the media as a "moderate" or "centrist" in foreign policy, his Transition Project is developing an extreme pro-U.N. policy that is supposed to be implemented by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan E. Rice.

The Berger associate, Eric. P. Schwartz, is the executive director of the U.S. Connect Fund and represents several liberal and leftist foundations, including and most notably the Open Society Institute of financial hedge-fund operator George Soros. Soros is considered by some the virtual owner of the Democratic Party, having contributed lavishly to the party, its causes and candidates, including Obama. He personally contributed $50,000, the maximum allowed, to the Obama inauguration.

While Obama did not publicly endorse the International Criminal Court during the campaign, because "many questions remain unanswered (web site) about the ultimate scope of its activities," Schwartz and his associates are clearly laying the groundwork for the Obama Administration's acceptance of and membership in the ICC. Schwartz is perfectly suited for the task, having "initiated and managed the White House review that resulted in U.S. signature of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court" under Clinton, according to his own bio. (web site)

Other members of the secretive Obama group include Samantha Power, the Harvard academic and one of Obama's closest foreign policy advisers who left the Obama presidential campaign temporarily after calling Hillary Clinton a "monster." A self-described "humanitarian hawk," Power believes in using the United Nations to confront "genocide" in the world, despite the corruption scandals involving U.N. peacekeepers in human rights violations and sexual child abuse.

Soros, who backed Obama during the presidential campaign, is a well-known advocate of a "New World Order" in which the U.S. refuses to act unilaterally in its own interests but works through international organizations such as the U.N. on foreign policy matters. Critics note that such an approach gives the U.N. and other nations a veto over what the U.S. can do militarily.

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